“Americans are significantly less likely than they were 10 years ago to say they participate in a variety of gambling activities. The sharpest drops are in the three most common activities: buying a state lottery ticket, gambling in person at a casino and participating in an office pool.” - Gallup
Gallup: Making Sense of Polls About Religion
“In many cases, the differences don’t reflect conflicting realities, but rather significant dissimilarities in how researchers measure and report religion in America today. This, in turn, leads to confusion and can create difficulties in understanding what’s really going on.” - Gallup
Americans’ Confidence in the Church Falls Back Near Record-Low
“Last year saw confidence in organized religion or the church rebound slightly, jumping from 32% in 2024 to 36% in 2025. This year, however, trust levels fell back down to 33%, only two points above the all-time low.” - Lifeway
Gallup: U.S. Support for LGBTQ+ Issues Remains Down From Peak
“Support for legal same-sex marriage down six points from 2022-2023 high…62% viewing gay/lesbian relations as moral is lowest since 2016…Perceived morality of changing one’s gender down eight points since 2021” - Gallup
Americans Think Kindness Prevails in the U.S.
“65%, say they have personally experienced an act of kindness from someone in their community ‘many’(17%) or ‘a few’(48%) times in the past seven days. Another 16% say this has happened once in the past week, while 18% say this has not happened to them recently.” - Gallup
Service and Volunteer Work Linked to Key Benefits for Youth
“New research from The Allstate Foundation and Gallup finds that participating in service is strongly associated with skills and mindsets that help young people thrive. Those who engage in service report greater outcomes in areas of career readiness, connection and resilience.” - Gallup
Gallup: 57% say "big government" is biggest threat to U.S. in the future; 37% say "big business" is
“Democrats’ and independents’ views of which entity poses the greatest threat have changed substantially over the past decade, with both groups showing double-digit increases in the percentages naming big business….
Most Gen Z and Millennials Now Identify as Political Independents
“A new poll from Gallup finds that a record-high 45% of U.S. adults identified as political independents in 2025, the highest level Gallup has recorded since it began tracking party identification in 1988….Younger generations are driving much of that increase.” - Relevant
Gallup: Less than half of American adults say religion is important
“…the percentage of U.S. adults who say religion is an important part of their daily lives has fallen from 66% in 2015 to 49% today. This 17-point decline ranks among the largest declines in religiosity Gallup has recorded in any country over a 10-year period since 2007.” - CPost
Americans more permissive on a host of moral issues, poll shows
“The moral views of Americans are not static, however. Many have shifted over the more than 20 years Gallup has conducted this poll. Mostly, Americans have grown more permissive.” - Baptist Press